#eric dodds

[onchillvybz]

[alittlegirlfromnaboo]

Random PJO fact.

I suppose, msr Dodds is not a random name. There was famous historian named  Eric Robertson Dodds, an Irish classical scolar.

Stay whelmed.

[neatbender]

Information

Eric Dodds explained that the new expansion would revolve heavily around cards that interact with the Hero Power.

Release Date: August 2015

Card Amount: 132

Pre-Purchase ($49.99): 50 packs, new Card Back, available next week (Packs openable in August)!

New Keyword: Inspire – Activates when you use your Hero Power.

Cards

Neutral

Skycap’n Kragg (Neutral) [Pirate] Legendary – 7 Mana: Charrrrge – Costs (1) less for each friendly Pirate.

Maiden of the Lake (Neutral) Common – 4 Mana: 2/6 – Your Hero Power costs (1).

Frost Giant (Neutral) Epic – 10 Mana: 8/8 – Costs (1) less for each time you used your Hero Power this game.

Lowly Squire (Neutral) Common – 1 Mana: 1/2 – Inspire: Gain +1 Attack.

Nexus-Champion Saraad (Neutral) Legendary – 5 Mana: 4/5 – Inspire: Add a random spell to your hand.

Kodorider (Neutral) Epic – 6 Mana: 3/5 – Inspire: Summon a 3/5 War Kodo.

Hunter

Lock and Load (Hunter) Epic – 2 Mana: Each time you cast a spell this turn, add a random Hunter card to your hand.

Mage

Coldarra Drake (Mage) [Dragon] Epic – 6 Mana: 6/6 – You can use your Hero Power any number of times.

Effigy (Mage) Rare – 3 Mana: Secret: When a friendly minion dies, summon a random minion with the same Cost.

Fallen Hero (Mage) Rare – 2 Mana: 3/2 – Your Hero Power deals 1 extra damage.

Shaman

Totem Golem (Shaman) [Totem] Common – 2 Mana: 3/4 – Overload: (1)

Draenei Totemcarver (Shaman) Rare – 4 Mana: 4/4 – Battlecry: Gain +1/+1 for each friendly Totem.

Tuskarr Totemic (Shaman) Common – 3 Mana: 3/2 – Battlecry: Summon ANY random Totem.

Thunder Bluff Valiant (Shaman) Rare – 5 Mana: 3/6 – Inspire: Give your Totems +2 Attack.

[playerattack]

Hearthstone: A winner even before we knew about it

When Hearthstone was first announced (back at PAX East 2013), we were told that it was a game the studio had been obsessed with for years. Now we have new evidence to back that up.

Read more: http://www.playerattack.com/news/2014/11/25/hearthstone-a-winner-even-before-we-knew-about-it/

[inqk]

An Oral History of the Mighty Ducks Trilogy

This really isn't that great but -- what can I say? -- child of the 90s.

[sashamcgregor]

When a well-known British scholar assures me that "there can be little doubt that the over-specialisation of science and the development of popular education in the Hellenistic Age led to the decline of mental activity," I fear he is merely projecting into the past his personal diagnosis of certain contemporary ills.

E. Dodds